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A gamete is one of the two cells which fuse together to commence reproduction.
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In botany, a gamone is a chemical substance secreted by a gamete that attracts another gamete during sexual reproduction.
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An oosphere is a large female gamete produced in the oogonia of algae and fungi.
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In Zoology, an ootid is an immature female gamete that develops into an ovum.
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Gametes are cells taking part in sexual reproduction. The female gamete is the ovum (egg-cell) and the male gamete of animals is the spermatozoon or sperm, and the male gamete of plants the spermatozoid.
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The genome is the complement of haploid chromosomes contained in a single gamete or nucleus.
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An ovum is a female gamete, or reproductive cell. The ovum is typically fertilised by the male gamete, the sperm, before later developing into a foetus. The term ovum is also used to describe the early stages of development where the fertilised egg has divided into a mass of cells.
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GIFT is an abbreviation for gamete intrafallopian transfer
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